FIFTH TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ It's not terribly long, once everything has been found, before Davy Jones heads out to round you all up once more and take you into the theatre. At least plenty of you are around the same area, so it probably doesn't take terribly long.

The ride down to the trial room is the same as ever - a blast of the organ, a slow descent. It's really starting to become clear, though, just how your numbers are decreasing. You're already down three, counting the absence of Chloe, potentially more when you come back up.

The crew of the Dutchman is singing as Jones lets you out into the trial room. ]

To business, passengers. I am about if you need guidance.

[ The circle of podiums is less populated than ever. So many of you are islands now, so to speak.

The song dies down, the waters quiet.

Welcome to your fifth trial.. ]

Comments

[ahelpingpaw]

It's not impossible. I dunno how easy it'd be to tear Plumeria's wings, but, uh...it wouldn't be impossible to get some of those and put it on the sword to try to make it seem like she was hit with the sword, right? Maybe it's so beat up because Decus fought the killer.

[scouserer]

It wouldn't, right. But there was also the fact that her wound looked as if several blades had cut through her at once. And given that the sword's head is...uh, the shape of a...skeleton hand? I think it's more than safe to say she got slashed with that.

[Constantine's nose wrinkles. He doesn't understand weapon design.]

[ltcommandroid]

I believe it would have taken a fair amount of force to cause the damage I saw.

[He leans to peer at the sword a little better.]

Additionally, the wing looked as if it had been hit with multiple blades. The shape of Decus's sword could account for that.

[dokkalfheimr]

...Her wings don't tear easily. They're fully functional outside of this place, meaning they're strong enough to sustain the weight of a grown person in flight. They aren't impossible to destroy - the sword could have done it - but they don't simply rip apart.

I've had to mend them for her before; an altercation could have done it, but someone without a weapon would have faced difficulty.